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My concern would be any corrosion starting points from exposing the metal of the bed. If you wet installed/sealed/painted the holes drilled then it should be fine. Especially since the bed on this truck is steel and not aluminum or composite.That looks like it was meant to be.... well done!
As long as your just attaching items such as the shovel shown, no worries.
I believe the initial concern was that you would be strapping cargo, lets say... something like hauling home a kitchen refrigerator, and strapping it down to the sheet metal wall of the bed, via a small rivnut. That would be scary.
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